Search form

Top 30 Golfers for the 2016 Majors: No. 26 Martin Kaymer

Athlon Counts Down the 30 Golfers to Watch for Majors Season

They’re the cream of the major championship crop, circa 2016 — the Athlon Major Championship Dream Team. Leading up to The Masters, we'll be unveiling Athlon Sports’ 30 players to watch for majors season, with commentary on each from the Golf Channel’s Gary Williams.

No. 26: Martin Kaymer

Gary Williams' Take: Considering that Kaymer entered 2015 as the defending champion at the Players Championship and the U.S. Open, he had one of the oddest years imaginable. It started with a blown 10-shot lead in the final round in Abu Dhabi and ended with him not fulfilling his requisite number of starts on the PGA Tour and losing his membership for one season despite being a two-time major winner and Players champion. Kaymer assumed he’d advance in the FedExCup playoffs and fulfill his starts, but he didn’t even make it to the playoffs after not recording a single top 10 on the PGA Tour in 2015. Kaymer is quite comfortable in Europe, and he’ll be eligible for plenty of starts in the States with WGCs and majors, but he has seen some dips in his career, including in 2012, when he was close to not making the Ryder Cup team but wound up sinking the clinching putt. An immensely thoughtful young man, he will find the right perspective about his schedule in 2016, but his play in 2015 was simply substandard for a player of his stature.

Athlon's 2016 Golf annual provides in-depth previews of this year's four majors, including the top 30 players to watch this season. One of these elite players, Zach Johnson, also takes you tee to green with full-swing instruction and short game essentials. BUY IT NOW.